Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1538. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (20.22 g, 6h). Struck 233 AD. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P X-II COS III P P, S C across field, Sol, nude, standing facing, head left, raising right hand, cradling whip in left arm. RIC IV 535; Banti 119; BMCRE 937 var. (no cuirass); Cohen 119. Superb EF, green and red patina. ($500)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.